She became Queen of Scotland at ten years old. Margaret of Denmark was sent across the sea as a political prize — a child bride whose dowry reshaped northern Europe. Her marriage to James III was cold and unhappy, and by her teens she was openly siding against him. She died at just 25, loved by the people but ignored by her husband. The son she left behind, James IV, would become one of Scotland’s most admired kings — a legacy born from a girl who never got to grow up. #HistoryTok #GirlHistory #

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